JOB DESCRIPTION

General duties include building, assembling, testing and packaging a variety of meters or meter reading technology products by following bill of materials, drawings, work instructions, and/or routings. The assignments will encompass all activities involved in the completion of customer orders with production ranging from components to packed finished goods ready for customer shipment. Work is completed through manual assembly, utilization of various specialty pieces of equipment, or automated machinery. Depending on work area, production ranges from low volume and high variety to higher volumes and more repetitive work. Employees regularly rotate through various workstations within their home department and occasionally work in other areas of the facility depending on workload and customer orders. Most work areas require standing for the majority of the work shift

Employees are required to use computer systems on a daily basis to obtain part drawings, set up information, work procedures and perform production reporting. Works from dispatch lists or production schedules to obtain required daily output. Responsible for generating part identification tags. Utilizes computers and bar coding technology in various processes.

Responsible for observing safe work habits and maintaining cleanliness of work area. Work direction is given by supervision, team leaders, or set up technicians. Possesses good communication skills and is able to work in a team environment. Work subject to process and final inspection in accordance with Badger Meter s quality management system. May be assigned to work in other departments or perform other duties as instructed by management.

Small Meter Plant:

Operates, adjusts and performs a variety of tasks such as operation of plastic injection molding machines, assembly of meters, leak test and testing of meters where the work is standardized, repetitive in nature and has specified tolerances.

Required to monitor and tend to multiple molding machines simultaneously. Number of machines is dependent on machine cycle times and required secondary work. Performs secondary operations to molded parts such as degating, sprue removal, and drilling. Checks parts visually and with the use of inspection tools to ensure parts meet specified quality standards. Logs inspections as required. Performs in process inspections using verniers, calipers, standard gauging and coordinate measuring machines.

Sets up and operates meters accuracy and leak test equipment to determine acceptability of product. Positions meters in machines and performs flow tests. Packs meters, registers, and accessories to customer order specifications and prepares packages for shipment according to defined processes.

Performs a variety of operations such as machine loading, assembly, leak test and meter testing and packaging of large meter products where the work is standardized and repetitive in nature and has specific tolerances.

Performs repetitive operations to assembly mechanical and/or electrical units where some fitting, alignment and adjustments may be required.

Sets up and operates meters accuracy and leak test equipment to determine acceptability of product. Positions meters in machines and performs flow tests. Packs meters, registers, and accessories to customer order specifications and prepares packages for shipment according to defined processes.

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